History's Great Lives: Autocrats and Dictators is a study of influential and controversial leaders who ruled the world with brutality and ruthlessness. The book examines the biographies of such figures as Julius Caesar, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong and others, who caused quite a contrast in world history. The authors reveal in detail the life path of each of the dictators, their political strategies and the consequences of their rule. This book gives the reader an opportunity to better understand the nature of power and its influence on how the history of each country is shaped.